Help with good photo ops in Mobile, Ala.
I have a couple days coming up here where I will be laying over in Mobile, Ala. Love to take landscape nature and bird shots with my D7000. Can anyone give suggestions of possible spots and approximately what part of town they are in? Still haven't set up accommodations so I will wait for any suggestions before booking the hotel. Happy and Restful Holidays to my fellower Hoggers. May there be wonderful gifts under your tree that will releave GAS for a while. Sandy
Plenty of birds in/around Mobile Bay, plus the battleship.
jethro779 wrote:
The Battleship Alabama
My end destination is Tucson for a 2 week stay. Thanks for your input.
West of Mobile, just west of USS Alabama on causeway, just east of Spanishfort is a under visited, under rated, lovely state park. Is in Mobile Bay, minutes away from downtown Mobile. Idea for landscape of bay, swamp, and distance city scape of Mobile proper.
Ft Condi, on edge of downtown. Extreme historical, very picturesque.
As for nice reasonable lodging, last exit heading west on I-20 before Mobile Bay, small town of Dauphin AL.
If you have the chance, visit Fairhope, but only if you are prepared to fall in love with a town.
Don't forget the old Spanish fort in mobile.
I lived there for 28 years. Take Dauphin Island Parkway to the mouth of Dog River. Very colorful with great boats of all kinds, marinas, and sea birds galore. You can find many spots for good photography. If you go down there, ask for directions to the Mariner Marina and restaurant. You can eat the best seafood you will ever have on the deck at sunset and photograph to your heart's content. The Eastern Shore is nice, but very built up now.
STVest wrote:
Please forgive me, but having been a resident of Mobile and Baldwin Counties for the last 30+ years, I simply must correct some misinformation - and add some.
There is so much more -- but this should keep you busy for a couple of days!
Colored me upside down, and bass-ackward. You are 100% correct, and I have no excuse. If only we had a quota for mistakes, for surely I would have met my monthly quota in this one posting alone. Thank you for correcting me. At least I didn't place Daulpin Island north of Mobile, or claim everone wins at the Casinos in Biloxi.
Thank you for correcting my directions.
STVest
Loc: LA - that's Lower Alabama
UXOEOD wrote:
Colored me upside down, and bass-ackward. You are 100% correct, and I have no excuse. If only we had a quota for mistakes, for surely I would have met my monthly quota in this one posting alone. Thank you for correcting me. At least I didn't place Daulpin Island north of Mobile, or claim everone wins at the Casinos in Biloxi.
Thank you for correcting my directions.
You had me confused for a minute. You must be standing on the north pole looking down, whereas I stand in the Gulf looking up!
And I should have added -- they are some excellent suggestions.
STVest wrote:
Please forgive me, but having been a resident of Mobile and Baldwin Counties for the last 30+ years, I simply must correct some misinformation - and add some.
There is so much more -- but this should keep you busy for a couple of days!
Great thoughts. I also have enjoyed short drive to Bellingrath Gardens, the pier in Fairhope and a drive down to Bayou La Batre!
Thanks to everyone. I will pull out the camera and definitely feel I have a plethora of activities to keep be busy and enjoy the Mobile area. Happy Holidays to all.
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